Press F2 to see your characteristics. Characteristics help when you perform actions depending on them. When a new character is created all characteristics start at 19.5. Like skills they are limited to 20 if you don't have [[premium]] time. Points in characteristics are gained much more slowly than those in [[skills]]. If a character was once premium and then loses premium, their characteristic skills will drop down to 30 (or remain unchanged if lower than 30); however, you can not raise them further until becoming premium again.
* Body
** [[Body strength]] - High strength allows you to carry more, take less damage from hits, and do more damage in fighting and destroying walls.
*** 21 strength is needed to get the option to destroy a wall.
*** 20 strength is needed to unpave or dig on roads.